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I can't figure out how it could possibly be drawing enough nutrients to live, and yet there it is. I'd have chopped it up and dragged it away but now I'm impressed and want to see how long it goes on.

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago

In the pictures it's clear it's not just folded, though. Most of the stalk is severed, barring one little strip of bark. And it's still flourishing. Wild.